Here's part one of the next arc, which is part of a two or three part arc. I hope you enjoy it.

Death in the Society part 1

(In an unknown area, 3 months after the events of the Invasion)

In an underground bunker, a group of soldiers stood in a circle, all clad in black armor similar to Batman's, only without the cowl and with a face mask covering their faces, and clawed gloves and sword sheathes on their back.

In the middle of the circle sat a man, who appeared to be meditating. He slightly tanned skin, dark graying hair, a pointed double pointed goatee, a green cloak over his shoulders, dragon tattoos on his arms, and a sheathed sword on his lap.

He then stood up calmly, his dark green eyes open as he stood his ground. One of the men jumped at him, but he easily blocked with his still sheathed sword before giving the man a kick to the head, knocking down.

Two more jumped at him, but he just smacks them aside with little to no effort. "Alright my deciples…how about this; who ever comes to closest to defeating me gains the honor of becoming the newest member of my Elites."

That encouraged more men to attack him at once, but one by one they fell with his swords skills, his martial arts and his quick wit. He blocked three men's sword at once before ducking around and smacking them all down.

He looked at the rest of them calmly as he got into a stance. The rest of them charged, yelling as he looked at them calmly and began to smack them all aside with a few slashes of his still covered sword, knocking them all down.

"Pathetic followers…" said an old voice as the man turned and saw a old man walking over, using a cane to keep himself up. The man had a bald head, dark brown eyes, a long mustache and a dark brown gi with a black belt.

"Hello…Sensei." Said the man with a calm look as he did a small bow.

"Hmm…" the older man looked at him calmly as he looked towards the men and then turned to him. "Ra's al Ghul…you have pathetic warriors. Your Elites don't have much of a challenge compared to them."

"And what is that supposed to mean, old one?" asked Ra's, sounding insulted by this.

"I mean your only good students are those two children, your own daughter, the Elite and one other…the traitor." Sensei said calmly as Ra's just frowned darkly.

"Yes…I am aware…so I have finally found the way to get through to him…" said Ra's calmly.

"And how is that?" asked the Sensei as Ra's smirked and brought out an old picture; it was a black and white group shot of people dressed in odd clothing. In front of them was a banner that read 'The Justice Society of America.'

"We destroy his sensei's, of course." Said Ra's calmly. "And I know just who to send…Talia." He said calmly as he turned to a woman with dark hair like his, dark gray eyes and dressed in a cleavage exposing black jumpsuit as she walked over.

"Yes, father?" asked the woman, known as Talia al Ghul, calmly.

"I want you to get the Elite ready for their newest assignment…" Said Ra's as he took out his dagger and threw the picture into the air before throwing the knife, which stabbed through it and stuck it into a wall. "To eliminate the Justice Society…forever."

"Yes…father." Said Talia with a small nod as she walked away into the shadows, as she came across four figures. "You know what to do." The four all nod in silence before heading out. "And make sure…he…sees you."

"Yes, Madam Talia." Said the four at once as they left. The woman sighed as she walked ahead into a training area and closing the door behind her.

(Later that night…in Central City)

A man was in a collage room at this time, working on a new project. He was a middle-aged man with graying dark hair and dark brown eyes, wearing a brown shirt, black jeans and penny loafers.

Then a noise caught his attention as he frowned. "Hello? Anyone there?" he asked as he got something out of his drawer: a blue, scarab-like device as he put it into a case and hid it into a closet before getting a gun out.

Suddenly a knife nearly hits him as he turned and saw a long, dark brown haired Chinese woman looking at him calmly. She was wearing a red shirt with a dragon styled mark on it, a pair of black pants with black and red boot, and a dragon tattoo on her face.

"Hello…Mr. Garrett." Said the woman calmly as she walked over.

"I take it you're here for a late night internship?" asked the man calmly, as the woman just glared sharply. "I see…I take it you're here to kill me instead?"

"I guess you're not as stupid as some would think for a retired archeologist, Dan Garrett. Or would you prefer…The Blue Beetle?" Dan gave her a look at this.

"How can you tell that's who I was?" asked Dan calmly, as the woman smirked.

"The body language alone revealed that to me…" she smirked as she says "And I also saw that nice young protégé of yours…what was his name? Ted something?"

"Leave my students out of this, ma'am…" Growled Dan as he threw a punch, but the woman easily evades it and slammed her palm against his elbow, making him scream in pain as he felt his arm was twisted around. "OH GOD!" he yelled in pain.

"I expected your bones to be stronger than this. Of course…with age, it would be that fragile, wouldn't it?" asked the woman with a teasing tone. She then did a kick, sending him right into a table.

HE groaned as he grabbed a beaker and was about to throw it until a tall figure came in from the window and grabbed his hand. He turned and saw a muscular man standing behind him. He was clad in armored clothing as well with a black and white mask with red eyeholes, a thick wire that connected to smaller ones on his arms and head, and a machine with two vials connected to it.

"Hello…professor." Said the man calmly as he picked him up. "We got a message for your student, the Dark Knight…tell him…the League…has come back. Actually…we'll tell him ourselves." Said the large man calmly.

"Who…who are you…" croaked Dan as the man just looked at him calmly before grabbing his legs.

"I am…BANE!" He said as he slammed the man's spine onto his right knee, making the man scream out in pure agony as he was thrown out of a window, screaming as he fell onto the ground.

"Well…that was over kill." The woman said calmly, crossing her arms.

"It got the job done, Lady Shiva. Lets go…we got more targets to eliminate…before HE comes out." Said bane calmly as he walked out of the door of the room. Shiva just nods before looking outside to the dead body of the man who was once the Blue Beetle. She then walked out as well, as she took the knife out of the wall as she went.

(The morning after…)

At the collage, known as Central City University, it was closed down the next morning as police put police tape all over the building to keep people out. "What happened?" asked a young man, as he saw them put white tape around the body of Dan. "Dr. Garret? What happened to him?" more students came over, looking shocked and sadden at this.

"I'm sorry…but your teacher was killed." Said a voice as a blonde haired man with a white shirt under a dark blue jacket, dark brown pants and brown shoes, along with a wedding ring on his right hand.

"What happened, Officer Allen?" asked one of the female students, confused as the man, Barry Allen (Secretly the Flash), sighed as he looked at them with dark blue eyes.

"Listen, you kids need to get off the premises. This is a crime scene. We'll find who did this and make sure they face justice. That's all I can promise, alright?" asked Barry as the kids all just nod, though they were sad or angry as they left.

"Doesn't get any easier, huh Allen?" asked a man calmly as Barry sighs. He turned to a thin man dressed in a Central City

"Yeah Captain, it isn't…" sighed Barry.. "I'm going to check on Patty with the body." The Captain nods as he walked over to a dark brown haired woman with glasses, a black shirt over a button up white shirt, a black skirt and black Mary Janes. "So Pat, what'cha got for me?"

"Besides the fact we got a hell of a mess here? Not much…" Said the woman, known as Patty. "I think the cause of death could have been the fall. Mostly due to the concussion he has when he landed."

Barry got down to the body's level and looked it over. He put on a pair of plastic gloves and looked at the bad arm. "Hmm…his arm is bent…and by the angle, it had to be done by a physical blow than from falling."

"What could have done this?" Asked Patty. "This is a perfect 90 degree angle…"

"Hmm…I think an autopsy can tell us more." Barry than noticed the angle the back was in as he carefully flipped him over and felt the spine and noticed some of the bones there were bent badly. "Yikes…that's a hell of a back injury…"

"Yo Allen!" said a voice as the two saw a man with dark skin, a short goatee, shaggy hair, a red shirt under a brown vest, a black tie and black jeans with dress shoes.

Patty sighs as she says "Hello James." The man, James Forrest, just nods as he went to Barry.

"What's up, Jim?" asked Barry, curious as he noticed he had a box.

"I found this in the lab…in a closet. I…think you should see this…" He then handed the box to Barry, who looked confused. He then opened it and gasped at what he saw; the scarab on top of a picture of the super hero clad in a blue outfit.

"No way…" said Barry as he says "Patty, lift up that shirt so we can see his back! Now!"

"Uh…alright?" Patty walked over to the body and carefully put the shirt up and saw something in his back; scars, like something was put into it. Barry than took out the beetle out and put it aligned with the marks.

"A perfect match…" Barry said, his eyes widen in shock.

"What's going on here?" asked the Captain as he walked over. "What are you doing, Allen?"

Barry sighs as he says "Cap…We're looking at the body of the Blue Beetle himself." THAT got a shocked reaction from everyone.

(Later…in Gotham City)

Bruce and Tim were working on the Batwing with a third person. The person in question was a hunchbacked man with dark brown hair, dark gray eyes, and wearing a black shirt with white long sleeves, blue pants and brown leather shoes.

"So Harold, what kind of upgrades are you putting in?" asked Tim, while the man just gave him a look. "Right, mute…sorry." He then did a few hand movements as he asks "Wait, you're upgrading the weapons? Why?"

"Because of the incident with the invasion, we need to make sure no one can get to us in the sky." Bruce said calmly as a wind suddenly blew in. "Yes, Flash?"

"Wow…you ARE good." Said Flash with an impressed tone as eh walked over before taking off his mask, showing his real face. "We GOT a problem…"

"What?" asked Bruce calmly as he turned and looked shocked at what was Flash's hand. "Where did you get that?"

"At a crime scene. Someone murdered the Blue Beetle." Flash said calmly. "Being a fellow detective, I thought you could help…here's his autopsy report and a picture of the crime scene."

He handed both to Batman, as he looked this over before he frowned deeply. "Get the League. Now." He then walked over to his computer. Flash looked at Tim and Harold, who both just shrugged.

(Later…)

All the members of the League were in the Cave at this time, with someone came in last. "Sorry I'm late. Night courses are a killer." Said the person, who was actually a young woman, a little older than Tim, with neck length red hair, dark green eyes under a pair of square rimmed glasses, a yellow shirt, a brown skirt and black shoes. She was sitting in a black-seated wheel chair with a dark gray and a black bag over her back.

"It's alright, Barbara." Batman said calmly as he pressed a button, showing a picture of Dan in class and another of him dressed as the Blue Beetle in a black and white photograph.

"For those that don't know, Daniel Garret was originally the Scientific and artifact expert of the Justice Society, the Blue Beetle." Batman said calmly. "Last night, according to Flash, he had been killed by a fatal back injury and from being thrown out of a third floor window."

"Who did this?" Wonder Woman asked, curious.

"Indeed…who would kill a hero of old?" asked Martian Manhunter calmly, raising a would-be eyebrow.

"I think I know who." Batman said calmly, as he showed a picture of the area the knife hit. "I asked Flash to get some analysis of this hole and it was discovered there was some sort of sand from the blade's sheath."

"…So…?" Hal asked, confused.

"The sand can only be found in deserts in the middle east." Flash said calmly. "and the style of the blade hole is from a blade usually made in China, usually used for martial arts."

Everyone blinked at this, as Robin sighs. "It means that the person who did this was a martial artist, right?"

"Exactly. But the cameras in the University can help us show who did this…which is also something I asked Flash to get." Batman said calmly as he got out a DVD and put it into the Bat computer.

Suddenly they saw the event, as Batman, Robin, Barbara and Spoiler's eyes widen in shock. "Bane and Lady Shiva?!" Robin and Spoiler asked in shock.

"…who and who?" asked Flash, confused.

"Two of the Elite assassins in the League of Shadows, a group of assassins lead by Ra's al Ghul." Said Batman calmly. "Bane is one of the strongest assassins physically, while Lady Shiva is one of the best martial artists…next to myself and a rival of mine…Bronze Tiger."

"Anyone else we should worry about?" asked flash, raising an eyebrow.

"Victor Zsasz, a former heir to a vast fortune who went insane and became an agent of the League of Shadows." Robin said before he chuckled. "He's also a regular in Arkham."

"Mind giving us a visual for them?" asked Superman as Batman pressed a button. Suddenly images of Bane and Shiva appeared with two others: A African American man with a orange and red Gi with black stripes, black straps on his hands feet and a metal tiger mask over his face, and next to him a bald, scared man with black pants with a knife in his right hand and a necklace with a padlock on it.

"Wow…they don't look friendly." Flash said. "But I can take them down easy."

"Please. I can take those four down with my ring hand tied behind my back." Hal said with a smirk, while the two glared at each other.

"Ya really think that, Green bean?" asked Flash with a glare.

"Want a bet on it, Sparky?" asked Hal as the two glared daggers, as Batman glared at them both. "Gah!" He said in shock as he backed up from Batman, as did Flash.

"Seriously, that glare is creepy…" flash said nervously, as Batman frowned deeply.

"If you two are done acting like children, we have heroes to protect." Batman said calmly. "Hal, flash, I want you two to get the original Green Lantern and Flash evacuated. Wonder woman, You and Superman get Zatara the sorcerer, Aquaman, you and J'onn get Hourman."

"What about Robin, Spoiler and you?" asked Superman, curious.

"The three of us will get Wildcat and his daughter away from Gotham." Batman said calmly.

"Ted has a daughter?" Wonder woman asked, confused.

"Dinah. He adopted her after her mother died back when she was 7." Batman said calmly. "I should know; we've trained together. But that's a story for another day; let go." The team nods as they moved out, moving quickly.

(Later…in New York City)

A middle-aged man was typing away at a keyboard at this time, a bottle of pills near by with a single pill inside with an hourglass figurine on it. Suddenly the door knocks a he sighs. "Alright, alright. I'm comin'…" He grabbed a cane and used it to keep himself up.

The old man looked through the peep hole and went wide eyed before running away from the door, as fast as he could go with a bad leg. Suddenly the door was kicked down as the Bronze Tiger himself walked through.

"Hello… Rex Tyler, aka Hourman." He said calmly as he walked forward. The old man glared at him as Bronze Tiger noticed the cane. "Let me guess; the broken leg injury that ended your hero career, correct? Forcing you into a life as a local pharmacy doctor?"

Bronze tiger picked up a near by figurine and crushed it his grip. "Pathetic…lets see how well you can fight at this stage." He then grabbed a near by costar and threw it like a shuriken, as it hit him in the back, making the man cringe.

"ugh…" groaned Rex as he went to his desk and opened the bottle and got out the pill. "My last miraclo…better make it count." He threw it into his mouth and gulped. Suddenly his eyes turned dark green as his muscles began to become more solid again.

"Hmm…interesting." Bronze Tiger said calmly. "Lets see how well that turns out for you…I can spare an hour, can you?" He roared as he jumped and kicked at him, but the old man was a lot faster now a he kicked the desk in half, as he growled.

Rex than grabbed a near by chair and threw it at Bronze Tiger, who just kicked it away with a grunt. "Nice kick, son…lets see you take THIS!" as he sent a punch down, sending a shockwave towards him.

Bronze Tiger jumped and looked at a clock and smirked as he sent a strong kick his way, which Hourman blocked with his arms. Bronze Tiger cringed under his mask from the man's now hard skin before he was grabbed and thrown through a wall.

Bronze Tiger growled as he says "good attack…now try this." He ripped off the legs of two a near by chair and twirled them before running at him, using them similarly to Eskima sticks.

Rex blocked most of the attacks, but cringed at the attack that struck as he sent a powerful punch, sending Bronze tiger fling through a wall. Bronze Tiger's mask cracked a bit as he rubbed his chin. "Good left hook, hmm?" said rex with a smirk.

"Indeed…but your time is up, Hourman…" said Bronze Tiger with a smirk, as the man went wide eyed as he cringed.

"Time to die, old man…" chuckled a voice as Rex coughed up some blood and turned his head to see Zsasz smirking at him, a blade in his back. "Goodnight…" he said as Rex's eyes glazed over and fell forward, as Zsasz took the blade out and cleaned it before carving a small tally mark on his arm.

"Now lets leave the trash behind…the Justice League will be here to clean up." Said Bronze Tiger as Zsasz nod as the two went through the window.

(Later…)

Manhunter and Aquaman came into the apartment at this time, as J'onn saw the body and frowned. "We are too late…" he sighed, sadden at this.

"And he went out…like this?" asked Aquaman as he looked around. "But he went down fighting…like a true warrior…"

J'onn nods as he sighs. He put his hand over his eyes and closed them for the old man, as he sighs. He then saw the police come in as Manhunter gave them a mental message 'This man has been attacked by a group known as the league of Shadows…we are of no threat to you.'

The cops just nod as they got a body bag and put Rex into it, as Aquaman asks "So…what now?"

"Simple…we try to save the other Society heroes before it is too late." Said J'onn as he watched the men leave with the body.

End of Part 1

Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter guys. Sorry if it was graphic, but these ARE assassins, after all. So please let me know what you think and please Read, Review and Suggest away!